Garlands are simple and inexpensive decorations that can be used in a bunch of ways at a wedding or party. We chose a cheeky phrase, I love you more, to create a DIY wedding garland perfect for a couple to hold as a prop for their wedding photos. Here's how you can make your own wedding garland, with whatever sweet or cheeky phrase you like!
Making this wedding garland couldn't be simpler, here's how to do it...
Here's what you'll need:
- thick coloured card
- pencil
- scissors
- length of 4-5 mm wide ribbon
- hole punch
- printed letters for tracing
First, choose a font on your computer if you're not confident in your free-hand skills. I like this one or this one, both free to download online. To download a font, click the download button, then open the file and click install font. Your font will then show up in Microsoft Word when you open it. Make sure you choose a font that will be easy to link up the letters.
Print out the letters for the phrase you're using, one per page on regular copy paper. Cut out the letters with your scissors or a craft knife and trace around them on your coloured paper, linking the letters in each word together so they connect. Once you're done tracing, cut out each word from the coloured paper.
Keep in mind that you want to use a large piece of coloured card that is thick enough to hold up when the letters are cut out. If you choose thinner card, your letters will flop! Once the words are cut out, take your hole punch and make holes through the middle of the words.
Thread your ribbon through the holes and you're ready to hang it up!
Garlands make great props for an engagement shoot or photo booth at a wedding, as well as sweet decorations at a wedding or party. So tell us, what phrase would you choose?
